Grade 8 Texas Mathematics Assessment Test (Spring '99)
Instructions

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1) The scores for the eighth-grade final exam in math are recorded in the table..

How many students scored from 75 to 89?

A) 112 B)86 C)51 D)41
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2) Ernie's house is 5 kilometers from Mary's house. What is this distance expressed in meters??

A)0.5 m.
B)50 m.
C) 500 m.
D) 5000 m.

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3) Rachel usually runs the 50-yard dash. Now she wants to run a -mile race. How many yards is 1/2 mile?

A) 880 yds
B) 1760 yds.
C) 2640 yds.
D) 5280 yds.
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4) Kevin compared the price per ounce of 4 different sizes of the same cereal. Which size box offers the lowest price?

A) Small
B)Medium
C) Large
D) Jumbo
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5) A record of the number of spectators at the monthly track meets during a 4-month period is shown below.

What was the mean number of spectators at the monthly track meets during these 4 months?
A) 64
B) 58
C) 56
D) 51
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6) A teacher put 16 pieces of paper, each with a different student's name on it, into a box. She selected 1 name at random for a student to wash the blackboard and 1 name at random for a student to collect the homework. After picking Megan's name out of the box to wash the blackboard, she replaced it in the box and mixed up the papers. What is the probability that the teacher then selected Megan's name to collect the homework?

A) 1 in 8
B) 1 in 16
C) 1 in 32
D) 1 in 256
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7) Which polygon must contain a 90° angle? ?

A) A right triangle
B) A scalene triangle
C) An isosceles triangle
D) An equilateral triangle
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8) Mrs. Webster made a chart that showed the number of students who played each instrument. There were 9 clarinets, 2 tubas, 3 trumpets, 9 flutes, and 7 French horns. What is the mode of these numbers?

A) 5
B) 6
C) 8
D) 9
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9) The speed of light through glass is 1.22 × 10 5 miles per second. Which is another way to express this measure?

A) 12,200,000 miles per second
B) 1,220,000 miles per second
C) 122,000 miles per second
D) 12,200 miles per second
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10)Simon emptied most of the water from his fish tank so he could clean it. The tank, which was in the shape of a rectangular prism, is shown in the diagram.

How much water was left in the tank?

A)675 in. 3
B) 2700 in. 3
C) 3375 in 3
D) 4050 in 3

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11)The average monthly rainfall in Johnsonville is 4.21 inches for April, 4.7 inches for May, 4.133 inches for June, and 4.031 inches for July. Which group of rainfall measures is in order from least to greatest?

A) 4.7 in., 4.21 in., 4.133 in., 4.031 in.
B)4.031 in., 4.21 in., 4.133 in., 4.7 in.
C) 4.7 in., 4.21 in., 4.031 in., 4.133 in.
D) 4.031 in., 4.133 in., 4.21 in., 4.7 in.

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12) In which figure is MNP a reflection of RST over the y-axis?

A)
B)
C)
D)

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13) If the dimensions of rectangle ABCD are reduced by 50%, what will be the change in the perimeter of the rectangle?

A) 1/4 as long
B) 1/2 as long
C) 2 times as long
D) 4 times as long
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14) Karla bought 8 pounds of potatoes for $3.68. At this rate, what would be the cost of 5 pounds of potatoes?

A) $0.74
B) $2.10
C) $2.30
D) $5.88
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15) Which point on the graph is on the line y = -2?

A) M
B) N
C) P
D) Q
E) none of the above
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16) Danny bought a rectangular cage for his hamster. The cage measures 8.5 inches wide, 11 inches long, and 7 inches high. How many cubic inches of space does the cage have?

A) 654.5 in 3
B) 631.5 in 3
C) 584.5 in 3
D)561.5 in 3

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17) In which diagram is the polygon a reflection of polygon P across the x-axis?

A) A
B) B
C) C
D) D
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18) Which is an equation of line n?

A) y=6
B) y= -6
C) x =6
D) x =-6

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19) If the radius of circle A is doubled, what will be the change in the circumference of the circle?

A) 1/2 as long
B) 2 times as long
C) 3 times as long
D) 4 times as long

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20) Which point best represent the -1 1/3 on the number line?

He wants to test this idea: The heavier a cart is, the greater its speed at the bottom of a ramp. Which three trials should he compare?

A) W
B) X
C)Y
D) Z

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21)Tyler's older brother waits on tables in a local restaurant on weekends. The amount of money he earns can be found using the expression

2.25h + t

where h is the number of hours he works andt is the amount of his tips in dollars. If he makes $38.25 in tips after working for 6 hours, how much money will he earn?
A) $40.50
B) $41.75
C) $46.50
D) $51.75

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22) If: 12m - 6 = 24, what is the value of m?

A)1.5
B) 2.5
C) 4
D) 8
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23) Christa is designing a greeting card on the computer. She has a choice of 4 styles of card, 12 layout designs, and 8 types of print. How many different kinds of greeting cards can Christa make?

A) 24
B) 96
C) 324
D) 384

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24) The Raines family went to a baseball game. They bought 5 tickets at $11.95 each and paid a $5 parking fee. Which is the best estimate of the total cost of tickets and parking?

A) $25
B) $45
C) $65
D) $75
E) $85
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25) Tamara, Jerry, and Morris are 126 centimeters, 168 centimeters, and 152 centimeters tall. Which is a reasonable average height of these 3 friends?

A) 20 cm.
B) 50 cm.
C) 120 cm.
D) 150 cm.
E) 170 cm.
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